When I was like 11 or something, I remember hearing from somewhere that if we don’t recite Durood Shareef** before and after** making dua, our dua gets stuck between the sky and earth… and isn’t accepted …
I mentioned this to one of my friends and she mentioned this at her home… she came back the next day to tell me that reciting Durood Shareef is important but either before or after making dua will do… i.e. we don’t have to recite it twice (before and after)
And then there are some who say making dua sincerely will be accepted by Allah swt, whether u recite Durood Shareef or not, whether you are in wudu or not…
It is not important to read Durood with Dua but the reason being is that when you recite Durood, angels are obligated to take that durood to prophet and allah swt. If you sandwich your dua in between duroods, they will have no choice but to take your dua with them (at least this the reason why general public does that, whether it happens or not is questionable)
But this is not to say that a stand alone dua cannot be accepted.
Can you guys help out urgently?? My frend has asked me to make her wedding program for this Saturday. Unfortunately her Daadi passed away last week. She wants a little paragraph in memory of her daadi…something like… “We would like to take a moment to reflect on the passing of our Grandmother. May Allah…”
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and allah swt. If you sandwich your dua in between duroods, they will have no choice but to take your dua with them (at least this the reason why general public does that, whether it happens or not is questionable)